Carolina - The Native Americans

     

The land that became Carolina was home to more than 40 distinct groups of Native Americans
     

     

Settlements Circa 1600

Settlements in 1715

Settlements Circa 1729
     

Click on the Links Below to Learn More on Each Known Native American Tribe in Carolina Prior to 1729.
From: "The Indian Tribes of North America," byh John R. Swanton, 1952.


 

North Carolina Tribes

 South Carolina Tribes
 
 

Bear River

Catawba
 
 

Cape Fear

Cheraw
 
 

Catawba

Cherokee
 
 

Cheraw

Chiaha
 
 

Cherokee

Chickasaw
 
 

Chickasaw

Congaree
 
 

Chowanoc

Creeks
 
 

Coree

Cusabo
 
 

Eno

Eno
 
 

Hatteras

Keyauwee
 
 

Keyauwee

Natchez
 
 

Machapunga

PeeDee
 
 

Meherrin

Saluda
 
 

Moratoc

Santee
 
 

Natchez

Sewee
 
 

Neusiok

Shakori
 
 

Occaneechi

Shawnee
 
 

Pamlico

Sissipahaw
 
 

Saponi

Sugeree
 
 

Shakori

Waccamaw
 
 

Sissipahaw

Wateree
 
 

Sugeree

Waxhaw
 
 

Tuscarora

Winyaw
 
 

Tutelo

Yamassee
 
 

Waccamaw

Yuchi
 
 

Wateree
 
 

Waxhaw
 
 

Weapemeoc
 
 

Woccon
 
 

Yadkin
 

 More Maps Showing Native American Settlements in the Carolinas
           

1670 Map by Chapman

1715 Map from British Archives Data
           
 

1900 Map of Cherokees at Various Times by James Mooney
 
           

           

Click Here for a comprehensive review of how the colonists interacted with and made treaties with the Cherokees.
           

 


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